It’s now mid-December, which means Fox News is in the homestretch of its annual “War on Christmas” narrative/grandstanding. And this year the network has really cranked up its defense of the little underdog holiday that could (creep all the way into October), lambasting menacing threats including a Festivus pole made of beer cans and a vicious hit piece on Santa’s racial makeup (somehow shoehorning Jesus Christ into the latter debate).

The Daily Show has, of course, been following along. Last night Jon Stewart and co. called bullsh*t on the network’s silly freakouts over the aforementioned “attacks” with precision, dropping some biting one-liners about oppression and, more importantly, Florida.

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Stewart went on to introduce some much-needed facts to the Santa/Jesus skin color debate by referencing Vatican-commissioned forensics research and, you know, geography. Jessica Williams also joined the conversation, adding some satirical counterpoints and a gorgeous bit on how the good parts of history tend to miraculously “evolve” from black to white over time.

I think St. Nicholas originated in Greece, (although, much like Fox I’m in a hurry this morning and can’t be bothered to do fifteen seconds of research), so he’d probably be more swarthy than black or white.

@Carl
I would argue that making Santa Claus black for the sake of black children and white for the sake of white children is actually a fairly racist position since it draws a definitive line between two groups and bases it entirely on race.

And to be clear, I’m not saying that people should rely on the Daily Show as their only source of news. But if we’re comparing people who do that with the people who drink from the firehose of misinformation at Fox News, it’s clear who’s coming out ahead.

Most regular watchers of The Daily Show don’t just rely on Jon Stewart for the news; they’re well informed because they seek out news from various reputable sources, and are generally well-educated enough (generally and in terms of current events) to appreciate the humor of TDS. The show has an obvious and self-admitted liberal bias, but regular viewers understand that and enjoy the skewering of the more absurd current events. Most know that it’s not really “the news,” but see it as just another way to stay informed.

Well, I don’t think it’s ever a waste of time to ridicule someone who passes off fantasy as fact. When the lines between those get blurred, there’s a problem. This isn’t just a “spirit of the season” thing, it’s a “pretending our beliefs are facts” thing. Kelly was the doing the latter and that’s quite scary.

Technically, yes; but when Megyn Kelly says “Jesus was white” I don’t think she just means “not-black-African and not-Asian,” she means “white like me;” fair-skinned, soft-haired, and definitely NOT akin to the average Greek/Turkish/Middle-Eastern male.

The blogger who sparked all of this wasn’t even suggesting black Santa. She was suggesting a penguin Santa for the sake of neutrality. Although I’m all for black Santa only to make racist white people uncomfortable.

I love how Fox is never one to ask WWJD at any point during their crusades for Jesus. I’d like to think the J-man would’ve thought “hmm, these people feel underrepresented and like second-class citizens. Since making Santa black (or whatever) would literally not hurt anyone, I’m cool with it.”

i thought @therealimsol was trolling turns out he’s serious. did he seriously ask “How is a penguin supposed to carry presents anyway?” did you watch the videos at all? or you’re just that stupid? the ladder is probably true since you like foxnews